sick

Objective 5/10
Subjective 4/10

I guess I did not like this game very much since I removed it from my Steam Library for good, and I completely forgot about it for years.

All I can recall are way too many puzzles and annoying traversal mechanics.

Its a mix of zelda, diablo, uncharted, and a hint of shadow of the colossus. Cant believe I slept on this game for years. Got it on sale and glad I gave this series a try, despite being late. Loved the first one, and this one is even better.

10 billion crashes

recommend

NOTE: BEFORE YOU PLAY THE GAME DOWNLOAD THE BETA VERSION BY RIGHT CLICKING GAME -> PROPERTIES -> BETAS -> publicbeta IT SAVES YOU SOME HEADACHE

Pros: The story, VA, art, equipment, possessed mechanics, better abilities, real side quests, and great characters.
I really enjoyed the story and the way the whole world was presented was really detailed and well done. The characters, the voice acting, the design is amazing. Personally, I enjoyed introducing equipment because it gives it a more RPG feel but that also RNG. I don't know if the possessed weapon mechanic was properly explained I thought it was random power ups until I was in the last boss fight that I found out how the power ups are decided. The non search side quests are very well done and help you delve deeper into the game.

Cons: Level design, fights, experience progression, BUGS, open world,
The way the game is padded is EXTREMELY annoying because it just makes you repeat the same process three times EVERY SINGLE TIME (collect three gems or collect three souls). The open world serves little purpose besides some side quests but those side quests are just giant padding that make you search every corner of the world because there are no quest help markers to guide you. The levels are designed with this padding in mind so you have to slowly walk from point A to point B and then to point C. The way you gain experience is TEDIOUS and basically relies on equipment that has +2-10% experience gained attributes. The annoying thing is that you can't transfer it into a possessed weapon so it is purely RNG. Unlike DS1, there is hardly any times that you will be fighting in the air so all those air combos that are in the shop are pointless (ground combos are very good). The enemies that fly go down to your level to hit you so you can either pull them to you when you unlock that power up, wait for them to attack, dodge, and hit, or for the mob ones just interact with them to one-hit kill them. For the rest of the enemies because you are either at the same level or below, you are just repeating the same combo MULTIPLE times and dodging until they die. THESE ARE JUST THE MINION ENEMIES NOT A BOSS OR PSEUDO-BOSS OF ANY KIND. Also because executions are now on items, on certain cutscenes it just looks clunky cause you beat them in base form and then it automatically switches to reaper form to kill which kills the flow of finishing the enemy. Finally, the bugs just ruin the experience. Sometimes alt+tab would force quit the game, leaving the settings would just give a white screen and not let you do anything, sound would just disappear completely when talking to a NPC, and by far the worst one, THE GAME CRASHES AT ONE OF THE CUTSCENES. LIKE NOT EVEN ONCE IT WILL FOREVER CRASH UNLESS YOU INSTALL THE BETA VERSION WITH THAT PATCHED.

PS the DLC is extremely mid that doesn't even give you a good unique weapon

This game feels really good to play and holds up visually pretty well. The combat is snappy and more involved\refined than the original game's, the inventory system is a good idea, and you have a sweet glowy-death-horse. I really like this game, and I kind of wanted to play more if, but unfortunately it seems really buggy (at least for me). Opening the menu even is a roll of the dice. Every few times I open it for something and close it, it closes the menu, but just sits at the background fog and the game doesn't respond to any input. So I close and relaunch to see how much progress I've lost. Bummer, but still a cool game IMO.

This is as close as we'll get to the second coming of christ.

oldy but a goodie better on contorller for sure though

This is the one version of Deathinative that i've played where Dust actually perches like he should instead of flying into walls 11/10